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Help:
Only a doctor seeing you can give you proper referrals, but you need proper testing and possibly diet changes. Consider looking for an integrative medicine or functional medicine physician or an nd who will treat you as a whole person.
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Read a lot:
The more you read about each of the conditions the better off you will be (generally speaking). Best to stay out of the chat rooms as you can easily get misinformed. Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and other big clinics have excellent patient oriented materials on line. I like Wikipedia as it goes into some detail and is free of commercial bias. You can easily cross reference medical terms.
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Problems:
1: You need to have your doctor refer you to a Psychologist to overcome your depression. You may need to be referred to a Neurologist.
Your primary doctor must evaluate you regarding your Hashimoto's.
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Yes:
Yes both conditions can successfully be treated by medication. Depression is complex, but the faster one gets treated, the better the long term prognosis. Counseling is also important. Research shows combination of medication and psychotherapy superior to either one alone.
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Related:
Hypothyroidism (low thyroid) can mimic all of the symptoms of depression. It is important to have it checked to rule it out as a cause of the depressive symptoms as the treatment is different. With thyroid medication, the depression should improve.
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FATIGUE EVAL:
You need full EXAM AND labs. CBC/CMP/B12/FOLATE /CORTISOL /TFTS/VITD/CRP//SED RATE//IRON STUDIES/LYME TITERS. While work up is under way. Gluten free diet Wholeapproach.com gutbliss.com. And high potency vitamins. Rejuvenation-science.com TSH is elevated in HYPOTHYROIDISM. CORTISOL IS LOW IN ADRENAL DEFICIENCY.
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No, but:
it's an inferior product to BRAND NAME thyroxine replacment. You need to take enough to return your levels to normal, which may resolve your hair loss problem. The loss of vision is probably not related unless you have a pituitary problem causing your hypothyroidism. You need to discuss w/your doctor and probably an opthamologist.
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Thyroid:
It often depends on when you take your medicine. I think it best to take thyroid medicine at bedtime. Give it a bit of time and your levels should be stable. Yes, they could be stable and high or stable and low.
Once you have settled on that please see your doctor.
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Maybe:
Buproprion is a very good antidpressant that has the advantage of not causing sexual side effects. It can treat anxiety that often comes with depression, but it is not as good at treating pure anxiety disorders like ocd and generalized anxiety disorder.
We tend to use the serotonin-enhancing agents for these conditions.
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Yes/NO:
there is no link between OCD and hair loss. HOWEVER it is well established that hair loss is associated in some cases with increased stress level and OCD elevates baseline anxiety and stress. so indirectly untreated symptomatic OCD may be associated with increased baseline anxiety and hair loss
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Hypothyroid:
Low thyroid function can cause both emotional and cognitive issues, and indeed, doctors often consider low thyroid function in explaining memory loss in a new patient. The situation should stabilize once you have thyroid functions under control.
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How about talking?:
How about talking to the right person about things that you don't feel good about? Do you know exactly why you don't feel well? Are you doing well in school? Do you like school & your friends? Anybody in your peer group you can lean on? How about home? Is that part of the problem or do you have a sib or parent you can share things? Can I ask someone from HealthTap to comment on your situation?
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See Below:
Get evaluated by a primary care doctor first to establish the reasons for your Sx. Some things just cannot be diagnosed over the internet :). Any results and course of action you can discuss after the results of medical workup.
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